CHILE 



to catch a fish weighing over a thousand pounds and then 

 accompHshed that feat seven times more, it should be in- 

 formed from certain quarters that this was not a record- 

 that sharks of larger size had been taken. I really get a bang 

 out of that one. 



Sometimes when the mako shark is finning it is difficult to 

 distinguish him from the swordfish, as his dorsal fin and tail, 

 unlike those of other sharks, resemble the broadbill's. Chilean 

 lookout men who have to study the mako before they can 

 identify him never fail to say, ''''Albacora con dientes,^'' mean- 

 ing "swordfish with teeth." Next to the mako, the best shark 

 to catch off Chile or anywhere else, is the thresher, primarily 

 because of his long tail and the way he comes up and hits 

 the bait with it. The thresher is good for a hard-rolling type 

 of fight but if he didn't have that awesome tail nobody would 

 give him a second thought. I have never heard of one being 

 sighted off Peru. 



DOLPHIN 



Dolphin are found off Chile in great schools from Decem- 

 ber to June and favor the warm areas of blue water well off- 

 shore. Just as in other water they are found around patches 

 of grass and all kinds of flotsam. They will take a feather or 

 cut baits. Off Chile as well as elsewhere they are fast and 

 spectacular and here too their meat is delicious. 



YELLOWFIN TUNA — BIG-EYE TUNA 



We are now told by some authorities that what we have 

 been calling yellowfin in the Pacific Ocean is now the big- 



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